Dr. David Russell, Commissioner for the Missouri Department of Higher Education, Dr.
Rusty Monhollon, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Affairs for MDHE, and Dr. Bill
Eddleman, Vice Provost and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, were in attendance
as guests.

Approval of Minutes

The minutes for October 9, 2013 (48.4) were approved.

Guests

Commissioner Dr. David Russell and Dr. Rusty Monhollon talked to the Senate about
the Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE):

They discussed initiatives they will propose to the Governor, and will hopefully bring
to the General Assembly to address some issues that constitute barriers to student
success. It has been projected that by 2025 about 60% of the jobs available in the
work force are going to require some form of post-secondary education. MDHE has adopted
the goal of trying to reach 60% in the workforce population.

Nationwide, the number of jobs that require a high school diploma or less or an AA
degree has declined. Jobs that require a bachelor degree or higher continue to grow.

The Vice President of the Lumina Foundation reported that the percentage of people
in Missouri with an associate's degree did rise from 34.9% in 2008 to 36.4% in 2011.
If we include certificates, it is closer to 47%.

Southeast Missouri State University currently awards 1,600 degrees annually; that's
just over the 2.1% of 75,500 degrees awarded state-wide. To help reach the 60% mark
SEMO would need to increase degree production by 61 each year so that by 2025 Southeast
would need to produce about 800 more degrees per year.

The Department of Economic Development issued its strategic plan and identified high
growth areas in: health science and services, energy, information technology, bio-sciences,
advanced manufacturing, financial and professional services, transportation and logistics.

Dual credit classes help students get a head start on earning college credit and expose
them to the rigor of college-level work. MDHE has begun to take a look at the dual
credit policy as a strategy for improving access to higher education. University provosts
will be asked to help formulate updated dual credit policies on their campuses.

MDHE is involved in outreach. There are not as many students going into post-secondary
schools. Some counties only have 10% of the population that have a post-secondary
degree. This is dooming those countries and regions to poverty and the inability to
attract jobs to those areas. MDHE puts on FASFA Frenzy activities in the spring and
each year they are helping about 1,500 students and their families. Most are first
generation students or from low income families. They walk people through the information
that is required to fill out the form and other things they need to consider. They
have some trained staff at high school locations to help students file their FASFA
forms on the spot. MDHE has helped about 11,000 students over the last 10 years. This
year, they will be having 81 FASFA Frenzy events, an increase of 23 over the amount
they have had in the past years.

MDHE has plans to expand the Missouri Portal for Student Success. This will give students
and their parents more comprehensive information about planning and paying for college.

This past year, performance funds were allocated based on the performance of the institutions.
Funding is based on five different indicators of an institution's performance from
the previous year; it uses a three year rolling average to determine those averages.

Reports

Chair Lee-DiStefano had no report.

Interim Provost McDougall reported that the call for Summer Research Grant Proposal
is going out. There is a $5,000 grant that is focused on tenured and tenure track
faculty that have research expectations. He wants to make those rewards before the
summer schedule is completed; the deadline is November 29.

He also reported that the Student Success: Missouri Completion Academy is a group
of Universities that is trying to identify ways to promote student success. One of
the initiatives is to develop a co-requisite structure in English and Math, combining
a remedial course with a for-credit course.

Lastly, the Interim Provost reported that the University has established a reverse
transfer agreement with Missouri State University-West Plains that will serve the
students on the regional campuses. This may also attract students to the regional
campus. Also, the University is working with representatives from West Plains and
Missouri Southern about other areas of collaboration.

Student Government Liaison

Hayley Bohnert reported that they have had a number of guest speakers and meetings
discussing the increase of school pride and spirit and boosting student attendance
at athletic events. They believe this will make the University more attractive to
incoming college students. Next week they are teaming up with the President's office
to host the reopening of Academic Hall.

Lsgislative Committee Reports

Academic Affairs- Senator Althaus reported that they intend to bring forward revised bills that the
Senate had seen last year. They are also meeting with Brady Barke from the President's
office about a request to revise the academic calendar next year to move fall break
to accommodate Homecoming. They will also meet with Dr. Dave Starrett regarding the
course approval documents and common syllabus. Compensation- Senator Dickson reported that they forwarded the document that shows the process
that's being used for the faculty to request a review of their CIP codes. He announced
that anyone who hasn't received this document should follow up with him because there
is a short timeline in this process. He stated that if the faculty is interested in
a review of their CIP codes, then they need to get a written request to the department
Chair by November 1. In addition to the review, Deans and Chairs have been asked to
perform the review of their faculty's CIP codes.. Documents- Senator Clements reported that the committee is proofing the Faculty Constitution,
and they are also working on the Faculty Senate website. Governance- Senator Peng reported that they have been working on four bills that focus on two
sections of the Faculty Handbook. They will have two bills ready for the next Faculty
Senate meeting. Professional Affairs- Senator Christensen reported that they have completed a review of all the departmental
tenure and promotion criteria regarding their use of student evaluation of instruction
Membership- Senator Redmond reported that the committee is still trying to fill a spot on the
AQIP committee. It will only be a one year term and it does need to be filled by a
Faculty Senator.

Adjournment

Senator Jung moved to adjourn. Senator Ward seconded. The Faculty Senate adjourned
at 4:50 pm. They met in front of Academic Hall to take a Senate picture.

The next Faculty Senate meeting will be held on November 6, 2013 at 3:00 pm in the
UC Missouriana/Redhawks Room.